16-year-old Zatara develops his love of stage magic, and begins studying it in earnest.

The Eradicator Matrix corrupts a Kryptonian hyperspacial teleporter, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing the planet Bgztl into the Phantom Zone. The disaster leads the high Kryptonian counsel to recall all Kryptonians to Krypton, despite Jor-el's warnings that this will overstress and destroy the planet.

23-year-old Dru-Zod and all the Kryptonians across the galaxy are recalled to Krypton after a tragic hyperspatial accident sends an entire planet into the phantom zone. He first meets his new lieutenant, 16-year-old Faora-Ul. 21-year-old Non-Ek first has Jor-El as a student.